Many a Cock 0' the ffalk on Next fflnter s Broadway IS a ChIck IncubatIng now on Summer Broadway HIS year's Summer Broadway has astonished the old- timers. As Al Woods once exclaimed: "My God, can't these actors get their summer air on the roof?" No, they can't. This year, hundreds of Broadway's best have gone out to the countryside to act. The most successful play- wrights have sent their pet scripts out to the pastures for try-outs. And the Broadway managers, more and more, are getting the habit of testing in summer the hits they promise for winter. This year's burst of summer theatre activity is, in short, unprecedented. . . . oJ,,,: ... . . x. .' l' \ , ' í " , .' f( . \ ..,. . . '. \ -- . t :.. . -Ý4" ....:7'. ....... '-';;4.... ..I. - . ''':''' . : ..; .:;. You, alert readers of The New Yorker, have already seen some of next winter's hits and outstanding personalities-if you have profited by the detailed reports and advance in- dications provided by The Stage. Y ou know that Mady Chris- tians, one of Germany's most brilliant stars, established her- self in Dennis as an actress of glowing promise. Y ou know that Peggy Wood, after two false starts last spring following her recent years in London, redeemed herself in Pelham Manor in convincing fashion. When you speak of such mat- ters to your dinner partner, you know what you are talking about. .' . '" '4>' "" --- ' " -, - þ ,.' .;: .- ': " . \. . . ,;''1;.- .' å:.,J :a " :"''' .... . , ' "f ',"" " '" .ç... . '.' " . -" .'. 2 " .,". . "(" - : . \ :' - , y... , If you are a regular reader of The Stage these days, you know now a great deal of what is going to happen on Broadway this Fall. You are about the countryside seeing it now. If you read The Stage regularly, it is going to do a lot to promote your pleasure in this Fall's promised productions. August and September issues are chiefly given over to the Summer theatre. September will carry a forecast of the sea- :son ahead. With October, The Stage will be back on Winter Broadway. THE ST AGE 50 East 42nd Street New York With you going along, we hope? On Newsstands 25c $2.50 a year